MRR is the single number most SaaS investors track because it captures recurring health more precisely than total revenue. A business with 80% recurring + 20% one-time revenue has a fundamentally different valuation profile than one with 20% recurring + 80% one-time, even at identical total revenue.
MRR growth has three levers: more new MRR (acquisition), more expansion MRR (upgrade + cross-sell), less churn MRR (retention). The relative effort per dollar varies — expansion is typically the cheapest, acquisition the most expensive, churn-reduction somewhere in between.
For early-stage SaaS, new MRR usually dominates. The landing page is the largest single lever on new MRR — a page that converts 2× more visitors at the same traffic level doubles new MRR without doubling acquisition spend.
How Lytms scores it
Lytms does not measure MRR directly. It scores the landing page that traffic lands on — the largest single upstream lever on new MRR growth. The connection: better page score → better conversion rate → more new MRR from the same acquisition spend.
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